Friday, December 12, 2008

When I think of vampires, I tend to go with Dracula, Anne Rice books, goths, and heck, even the Blade movies. Well, now we have a new vamp on the block, and this one is a big fan of tophats. So big, in fact, that he's named after them. Hatpire, created by one Becky Turpin, follows the oddball life of the title character as he does all sorts of cutesy stuff. This one updates three times a week, to fulfill all of your vampire needs. Onward!

Hatpire is the Hello Kitty of vampire comics. Why do I say that? Because it's squishy Chibi-ish characters and really bright colors remind me of what a day in Japan must be like. Everyone walking around throwing peace signs and winking at each other. Nevermind that. A very cute and simple art style that would fit in perfectly mashed between Pokemon and Spongebob.

I can't really tear apart the writing and pick out anything that bothers me other than that there is pretty much no dialogue. Lots of symbols and exclamation points are used to convey emotions or actions, and while it's cute, it makes for a really simple comic. I take it that's what Becky is going for, but after a while it might get tough to figure out how to keep things going without words. Just sayin'. Apart from that, Hatpire himself sure is nice. I mean, he has to be the nicest vampire ever, because he doesn't suck blood(maybe offscreen?), and at one point he finds a coin, only to give it back to the guy who lost it. How kind. How un-vamp like. But, this is a truly different take on bloodsuckers, so don't come in here looking for a way to bring your goth side out. You're more likely to put on a pink sweater and hug someone.

Hatpire is a comic for fans of light hearted fluff, and while it's not my cup of green tea, it might be yours. It's cute family fun, and perfect for young girls looking for the next Care Bears, or whatever else is in with them these days. Sink your teeth(heh) into Hatpire and decide for yourself.I give Hatpire...(For cute and colorful art, but too simple for my tastes)

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Hey everyone. Now, before you bite my head off for being gone again, lemme just say things are tough in the Land of ole' Jack. I won't get into details, but I'll just hint by saying my interests have been lying in my family life and Christmasy stuff, and trying to fix things with my girlfriend of almost four years....okay, so that was a bit more than a hint. Anyway, I didn't mean to stay away so long, but things are what they are. I just put up a new poll, and you can also marvel at my awesome photoshopped new Christmas themed logo for the site. Drop me a line if you need some photoshop tutorials, as I'm always just an email away. And yes, I'm totally kidding about my photoshop skills. I pretty much suck. Okay, you may be wondering when you're going to get a new review. Well, let me just say that tomorrow, God willing, and if things don't continue to go even more sour than sucking on a lollipop that looks like Carrot Top(my arch-nemesis), there will be a review up, in the evening. But don't hold me to that, because my life has a tendency to get kicked in the balls repeatedly. Okay, with all that said, let me take a second to thank all of those that are still checking out the site. Later!-Jack

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Hello, Jack here. I just wanted to welcome all readers to my little review site. Here you'll find my opinions on webcomics, big and small. I'm no professional by any means, just a small time reader and fellow comic enthusiast. I hope you enjoy the reviews, interviews, and news I offer here at my humble little corner of the webcomic universe. Take care, and feel free to check back often. Also, don't hesitate to email me with any requests, critiques, or friendly chatter that you may have. Later!-Jack

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Ranking System!

The Old ranking system, which I called the Chimp System, went as follows:

It was based on 12 Chimps. The more Chimps you got, obviously the better I liked your comic! Get it? Okay. So,you got That means your comic is average, in my opinion. 12 Chimps means it's perfect, 7 above average and so on.....

So, I hope you enjoyed the amusing old ratings system.

Now, the NEW ratings system is on a TEN chimp scale, which makes much more sense if you think about it. Five is average, ten is perfect, and you know the rest. I'm not going to go back and rerate all 50 of the past reviews, so for the older reviews just use the old ratings system up top, and for the new reviews starting from Calamities of Nature, just use the new ratings system. That is all.